The show must go on

On 12th April , soon after Dave's arrival, the new single It Would Be So Nice / Julia Dream was released and two months later (on 29th June 1968) their second album.


A Saucerful Of Secrets

SONGWRITTEN BYVOCALSTIMERATING
Let There Be More LightWatersWaters, Wright5:29
Remember A DayWrightWright4:23
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The SunWatersWaters5:18
Corporal CleggWatersGilmour, Waters4:06
A Saucerful Of SecretsWaters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour---11:50
See SawWrightWright4:28
Jugband BluesBarrettBarrett3:00



A Saucerful Of Secrets was a transitional album. It contained three songs with Syd and four with David (short lived five man band was never recorded). The album clearly showed how flexible guitar player Dave was. He adapted his playing style to avoid separating the album to Syd's and his parts.
The track gave them a new confidence as they had seen that they can work without Barrett.

David:" I think it was great (the album). That was the first clue to our direction forwards from there."

On 4th July they went on tour in the US and played there for two months. After that they worked on the new material until december when Point Me In The Sky / Careful With That Axe, Eugene single was released. In the same month Interstellar Overdrive and Nick's Boogie appeared in Peter Whitehead's film "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London".

On all of the concerts the group was slowly getting the new image. They experimented with light shows, special effects and sound a lot, especially because of Dave, who was an expert in these things.
On 14th April 1969 they played on "More Furious Madness From The Massed Gadgets Of Auximenes" show. During their performance a huge silver seamonster walked around the hall, then climbed on the stage and disappeared backstage. The concert was very well received and it could be said to be the beginning of the group's present stage act.

It was clear now that the audience believed in Pink Floyd again.